HB2233ham001 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Milton Patterson

Filed: 4/26/2007

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2233

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2233 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section 2-3.142 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.142 new)

Sec. 2-3.142. Exemplary Teacher Grant Program. Subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall create the Exemplary Teacher Grant Program under which 10 grants in the amount of $5,000 each shall annually be awarded to selected teachers. A grant recipient shall use the grant for his or her classroom in any reasonable way that he or she sees fit for the purpose of further educating his or her students.

Each school district may nominate one teacher for receipt of a grant under the Program. The State Board of Education shall establish an advisory panel of State legislators to advise the State Board in the selection of the 10 grant recipients from among these nominations.".